UFO Sightings Reported in Virginia in 2016: Check Out The Full List

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📝 Description

Publicly available updates on the 2016 Virginia UFO sightings show that NUFORC recorded 114 total sightings in Virginia for that year (14 in December 2016 and 100 other sightings throughout the year). The December 2016 entries include a Charlottesville sighting described as orange and red lights in the sky that reversed direction in flight. The information originates from a Patch article published January 26, 2017, which cites NUFORC as the source and notes multiple December sightings across various Virginia towns. There have been no widely reported official confirmations or debunkings since that compilation, and NUFORC remains the primary public repository for these reports.

🔍 Circumstances

Sightings reported across multiple Virginia communities in 2016, with a notable cluster in December 2016. The Charlottesville incident on Christmas Eve involved unusual colored lights observed moving in an atypical manner (orange and red lights reversing direction). The Patch article links these reports to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) and emphasizes the variability of explanations for such sky phenomena (from misidentifications to hoaxes to genuine unidentified events).

👤 Physical Description

Described as lights rather than a solid craft: specifically, orange and red lights observed in the Charlottesville area that were reported to reverse direction in flight; other December reports described various sky lights in Virginia without uniform shapes.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Total Virginia sightings in 2016 were 114 (14 in December alone). The December entries include reports from Norfolk, Fredericksburg, Buckingham, Waynesboro, Stephenson, North Chesterfield, Virginia Beach, Arlington, Raphine, Chester, Ashland, and other locales. The information is drawn from NUFORC's database and summarized by Patch in January 2017.

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